In the last couple of years, we travelled a lot around Europe and met several abandoned animals, usually stray cats, especially in the Southern part of the continent (Cyprus, Azores). Before travel, when doing the packing list, we don`t forget these animals, putting some cat food into the baggage and giving it to them during the one-day trips, providing some food and fresh water for these animals who usually have little food and lack fresh drinking water. Seychelles is a little bit different, is a mixture of Asia and Africa, with European effects because of the colonial past of this country. Cats are rare there, and it`s not likely to meet stray cats during your holiday, because Seychellois people like and protect nature, and wild birds, so they usually own a few cats. Cats could be a significant danger to the original fauna of little birds. We met only one stray cat family of five on La Digue island, Anse Source D`Argent. In the Seychelles, stray dogs likely roam free on beaches, and ...

Needless to say, Iceland is an expensive country with expensive services. If you're coming as a tourist, you should expect to pay a lot of money during your stay. However, there are some extra services you can get for free. Thinking back over our trips to Iceland, we have received a total of twelve times things as gifts, completely free of charge, which we hadn't expected. You can find out what they were here: 1. Cat roommate for free On our first trip to Iceland, we booked an Airbnb apartment in the basement of a family home in the small town of Akranes, West Iceland. We were greeted on arrival by a ginger Persian cat who showed us the way in and spent the next few days with us. We don't know where he came from, but he was a very kind and grateful companion, we loved him so much. After that, we had several more " visiting" cats as our housemates during our later tours to Olafsfjördur, Reykjavík, Drangsnes and Árnessýslu. 2. Free farm visit During our winter tou...